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> The rise of non-copyleft licenses proves that the only freedom most people care about is their wallet's. This ignores how much freedom the wallet requirement
by medo-bear 2y ago
> The rise of non-copyleft licenses proves that the only freedom most people care about is their wallet's.
This ignores how much freedom the wallet requirement takes away.
- pjmlp 2y agoApparently most people care more about being able to make a living out of selling software, as supermarkets are quite bad at taking Github stars, while others rather not pay for the work of others. Nothing related with Stalmman's freedoms.
- medo-bear 2y agoAlot of people also make money standing on the shoulders of people who made free software
- matheusmoreira 2y agoWhich is why the only good free software license is the AGPLv3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620103603/http://zedshaw.com/essays/why_i_gpl.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120620103603/http://zedshaw.co... > Why I (A/L)GPL > I want people to appreciate the work I’ve done and the value of what I’ve made. > Not pass on by waving “sucker” as they drive their fancy cars. Anything other than AGPLv3 is really just transferring wealth directly into the pockets of the beggar barons. https://zedshaw.com/blog/2022-02-05-the-beggar-barons/ https://zedshaw.com/blog/2022-02-05-the-beggar-barons/
- pabs3 2y agoThere is no reason those barons can't make money on top of AGPLv3 software too, its easy to comply with if they thought anyone would bother to enforce the license. Also, if you have a desirable app that they want to make money off, they have the ability to just reimplement it from scratch, or make a protocol-compatible equivalent, so the license does not matter in the slightest to them.
- matheusmoreira 2y agoPlenty of people seem to be making decent livings with GitHub Sponsors.
- pjmlp 2y agoAs much as street artists manage to get by.